Pie pan



July 22, 1930, w. a. BURKARD PIE PAN rum Oct. 19. 1928 'ATTOR HIV Patented July 22.193!) 1,771,374

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WALTER E. BUBKABD, F CONNERSVILLE, INDIANA PIE PAN Application fled Ootober19, 1928. Serial No. 813,553.

The object of this, my present invention is ledge extension in the nature of a disk said 'the provision of a pan for pies or like pasdisk having its edge formed with an'uptries that is integrally provided with indistanding continuous flange, and projections V eating means whereby the pie or pastry baked formed on-the upstanding flange and artherem may be cut mto equal size pieces or ranged at diametrically opposite points for 50 slices. the purpose specified.

To the attainment of the foregoing the in- In testimony whereof I afiix my signature. ,vention consists in the improvement herein- WALTER E. BURKARD. after described and definitely claimed. a

In the drawings: 55

Figure 1 is a top plan view of one form of the improvement.

Figure 2 is a sectional view approximately 'on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a similar sectional view but illustrating a slight modification.

The pan or pastr plates illustrated by the drawings ma be oi metal, fire proof glass or the like. In igures 1 to 3 the pan 1 has its upiper edge formed with an outstanding 1e 0 2 provided with an upstanding flange 3. he flange 3, at equidistantly spaced intervals, is from its outer edge inwardly indented to provide cross sectionally V-shaped 5 lugs or projections 4. When it is desired to 'm cut the pie or pastry baked in the pan asabove described, the operator places his or 7 her thumb under the ledge 2 and brings his forefinger into the depression formed by the inward y extending lug 4. When his forefin- 75 ger is thus arranged he will out the pie from the center to the lug, and by a ain placing his hand upon other portions un er the ledge and into other depressions he can proceed with the slicing of the pie or pastry so that 80 all of the pieces thereof will be cut at the I same size. j F

In Figure 3 the directing marks are formed upon the upstanding flange of a an f 40 similar to that shown in Figures 1 and 2 at as instead of having the lugs proecti inwardly the'same extend outwar ese lug; are indicated by the numeral aving described the invention, 1' claim:

A pie plate having its edge formed with 0. 

